Independent Research

Research Papers

Working papers and applied research, written independently of my professional role. These are longer, methodological pieces — with abstracts, data, estimation detail and full reference lists — intended for readers who want the evidence as well as the argument.

Working paper · v2 Updated 20 October 2026

Market or Politics? What Really Drives Fuel Prices in Mauritius

An audit of every Mauritian fuel pricing decision since 2011, forty years of oil shocks and a test of eight pricing rules — showing where politics enters the price, what it costs, and what a better rule for the next spike would look like.

Keywords: fuel pricing · price stabilisation fund · pricing rules · rules versus discretion · second-round effects · Mauritius
JEL: C22, D72, H23, Q41, Q48
Preprint: SSRN · Data: Zenodo

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✦  Further working papers are in preparation.

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